You've certainly become quite the accomplished runner!

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meters per hour

I went and inputted my rough weight in both devices to see what the calories would be for both.

Morning run:








Very impressive, with a diff of about 50 feet. Obviously there's a huge calories burned discrepancy, and the Garmin numbers seem more reasonable to me, but the distance algorithm seems solid.


Evening run:








The slower run has it off by about an additional 100 feet from the first run. I have my theories as to why, but it doesn't matter; it's close enough for general calculations. I'd steer away from relying on the calories stat, though, seems sketch. Maybe take 20% off.

Good job on continuing to get out there and walk. You are on your way, and I think you're beginning to snowball and have a good chance to take the next 3 months on the bet. Good luck!

you run 23 miles in doubles on a wednesday? sick. what's your weekly mileage?

@topic: what were you trying to show? the precision of a running app depends mostly on the phone you use (and obviously also all the usual gps - factors: weather, open sky, no tall buildings or trees etc). all of the top running apps are "precise" per se. they all use slightly different smoothing algorithms, but it's not like one app is super precise and the others are really far off.

Why run so much? That's a one way road straight to skinnyfatsville.

Thank you LoL

Only walked 0.6 miles yesterday
We'd food log:

I've been taking daily weights to see the fluctuation. This is last week

Start: 258.3 fri
-1
257.3 sat
-1.6
255.7 sun
+1.4
257.1 Mon
+0.5
257.6 tues
-0.4
257.2 wed

Total loss: 1.1lbs

Currently ~120.

I tried many apps (all iPhone) and only one was good. Some were off by as much as a quarter mile (with full gps bars in the app on a clean day) and I didn't recall doing RK, so I told her in the other thread that I'd test the app.

Granted those apps were tested several years ago and the algorithms have likely been tweaked since, but the slower run being off by 3x at half the distance makes me suspect that the slower run issue it has will be exacerbated at even slower paces. It actually has me curious enough to probably throw in a junk 5 miler or so at a super slow pace just to see what the results will be.

If serious, then you don't know much about serious running.

Me love you long time.

👍

Thurs log:

Good job not letting the relationship drama stop you from crushing it calorically.

Start 287
Week 1 285.4 (1.6)
Week 2 282.4 (3)
Week 3 282.4 (0)
Week 4 281.6 (0.8)
Week 5 280.8 (0.8)
Week 6 280 (0.8)
Week 7 277.5 (2.5)
Week 8 275.1 (2.4)
Week 9 273.8 (1.3)
Week 10 272.5 (1.3)
Week 11 271.2 (1.3)
Week 12 269.9 (1.3)
Week 13 268.6 (1.3)
Week 14 268.6 (0)
Week 15 266.8 (1.8)
Week 16 262.5 (4.3)
Week 17 261.1 (1.4)
Week 18 258.3 (2.8)
Week 19 256.3 (2)

Total Lost 30.7
Total Lost Since Jan 44.7

44.7 lb difference
I still have 92lbs to go, I can't wait to see how I look then!

Friday log:

Sat exercise:

1mile walk/22mins

350m swim

Bench press: 50x15x3

Leg press: 130x20x3

My calories for the day are around 2200

MLYLT,

Forgot to post that saturday food log!

Nice. Do the weights 3x a week. Like this day is fine, just fun stuff. Add a lat pulldown or cable row. Later you on you can add more stuff or actually follow a program.

It wasn't good.
30 muscles, lasagna, steak, lemon cake

I couldn't find the exact meals in spark people and I don't know the exact quantities, so the calories are just a guess.

Would you have a recommended program? I feel like I could do a lot more lifting wise, I'm just not sure what/how much I should be doing.

I only have access to a gym in Dallas on the weekends; I guess I need to join one where I live now.

Focus on compound lifts (squats, press, rows, bench, dips, pullups, deads, etc) with form being of the utmost importance. Start with very light weights or body weight and use slow controlled movements while focusing on form. Obviously some of these lifts are down the road when your fitness had improved (e.g., pullups, dips), but there are easier versions that can be used during the interim. Just keep it fun for now. Do 3-4 lifts going straight from one to the next and then take a rest. Rinse and repeat, and listen to your body - every plan is scalable. Once your fitness improves, I'm sure bdiddy will put together a plan for you.

Lift 6 chickens and 6 eggs 6 times a day.

So no one noticed my before and after pics so far? Don't I look like a completely different person? With 50 more lbs, all of the fat on my cheeks and jaw line will be gone.

I had a horrible weekend calorie wise.
Fri:1580, sat: 2200 approx , sun: 1780 approx

I still should have lost 0.5lbs and be at 255.6lbs in the morning if there are no fluctuations in water weight.